Day 3 in Ireland – we are talking a train to Galway!!!! Low key day traveling to Galway (West coast of Ireland)  Started with a very quick trip to Trinity College And a walk through St. Stephen’s Green Gabe in his big boy seat as we take a short taxi to the train station to head … More DAY 3 – Dublin to Galway, Ireland

First full day in Dublin – highlight seeing Once in DUBLIN (where it was created) Hop on and off bus around the city Guinness Factory Tour.  This was quite an operation.  We could easily have spent hours (or the entire day here) but we raced through it in under 2 hours….by the end we were … More DAY 2 – Dublin, France

Day 1: Dublin, Ireland After an early morning (4:00 AM wake up call) I was off to the airport to meet my parents in Dublin. Quick note: if flying on Ryan Air (or on another discount airline out of Paris, note that there is another airport about an hour out of town.  When I purchased … More Au Revoir France – Fáilte Ireland

Lesson of the day: When you are utterly exhausted your mind literary does not work I had booked an all day Wine Enthusiast Tour months ago and today was suppose to be the day.  I woke up at 6:00 AM after barely 4 hours of sleep and put the meeting spot cafe in my phone.  I … More DAY 6 – Paris, France

Biking (and learning a ton of history) in Versailles – BEST DAY YET!! The gardens of Versailles span an impressive 1,976 acres. Rather than exploring the sprawling grounds on foot, pedal your way around with an informative guide on this full-day Versailles bike tour from Paris. Discover a leisurely 10 miles of garden trails and … More DAY 5 – Paris, France

Lesson of the Day: Things might not work out like you planned Woke up exhausted! I know I am suppose to be getting up early to help but I have been too tired to get out of bed.  I am going to be struggling the next couple mourning (I can tell) as I need to … More DAY 4 – Paris, France

I think I will start each day with a lesson, as I have been learning so many.  Lesson of this day: do not over book yourself. (picture is first even through it has nothing to do with my Breakfast…the first picture is the one that shows up on the blog and I am tired of … More DAY 3 – Paris, France

Waking up later than expected, in my planning I had thought that getting up at 8 am to enjoy the Bastille market would be not out of the question….wow was I wrong.  I woke up to my alarm and said “no way” which ended up giving me only 30 minutes at the market which I … More DAY 2 – Paris, France

July 6, 2016 – DAY 1 – PARIS, FRANCE Bonjour!! This is my first entry in my first ever blog! I am getting a late start on my entries as I hit the ground running in Paris. I arrived July 6, 2016 around 10 AM after a short flight from Boston. I left Boston around … More Welcome to Paris!

It only took me 5 years to create the book and this blog post from our St. Thomas 2015 trip. As I have stated in my other blog posts, it is so important to document what you do, even a sentence per day, as I do not remember exactly where we went on this trip, … More St. Thomas 2015